While it was already spotted a while back, Samsung has now officially announced its new 750 EVO series which will be based on Samsung's 16nm TLC NAND and only be available in 120GB and 250GB capacities.

While Samsung usually had a clear differentiation in its SSD lineup, this is the first time that we actually have two EVO series drives that cover mid-range and entry-level Samsung SSD lineup, the 850 EVO and the new Samsung 750 EVO. To make things even worse for an average consumer, both share pretty much the same specifications.

The new Samsung 750 EVO SSD is based on Samsung's own 16nm TLC NAND, a succesor to the 19nm TLC NAND we have seen in the 840 EVO series. The 16nm TLC NAND is paired up with Samsung's well known MGX controller and features 256MB of cache on both the 120GB and the 250GB version. It also comes in a standard 2.5-inch 7mm-thick form-factor with SATA 6Gbps interface.

As noted, the Samsung 750 EVO shares a lot of performance similarities with the 850 EVO, both featuring sequential read and write performance of up to 540MB/s and 520MB/s for both 120GB and 250GB versions as well as the same 4K random read and write performance of up to 97K IOPS and 88K IOPS. The only difference, performance wise, is in the slightly higher 4K random write QD1 on the 850 EVO, offering performance of up to 40K IOPS, while the 750 EVO peaks at 35K IOPS.

Average consumer can always differentiate Samsung's SSD lineup by the series number, as also in this case, higher number means a better product. The Samsung 750 EVO SSDs comes with a endurance rating of 35TB for the 120GB and 70TB for the 250GB version, which is lower compared to the 75TB for the Samsung 850 EVO series. It is also backed by a shorter warranty period of three years, compared to five years on the Samsung 850 EVO series. On the other hand, the Samsung 750 EVO keeps all the encryption features including AES-256, TCG Opal 2.0 and IEEE-1667 (eDrive).

Samsung's 750 EVO has been already spotted in some market earlier but now, according to Samsung, it should be available worldwide and some retailers have already listed it online. In the US the 120GB model is listed at US $54.99 while the 250GB model has a US $74.99 price tag. This makes it about US $10 cheaper compared to the 850 EVO lineup. In Europe, a couple of retailers have already listed the new Samsung 750 EVO with a price set at €59.99 for the 120GB version and €89.90 for the 250GB one.

Samsung has announced that its new Samsung 840 family of SSDs is finally available for purchase and will be bundled with the download code for Assassin's Creed III.

In case you missed it, the Samsung 840 Pro SSD is based on an advanced Samsung MDX controller paired up with standard MLC NAND chips, while the standard, non-pro, 840 series SSDs will be based on the same controller which is paired up with TLC (triple-level cell) Toggle DDR2 flash memory, making it a bit more affordable. The entire series feature SATA 6Gbps interface and is housed in a 7mm 2.5-inch form factor.

The 840 Pro version is available in 128, 256 and 512GB capacities with transfer speeds of up to 540MB/s and 620MB/s for sequential read and write, and random read and write performance of up to 100K IOPS and 90K IOPS. Bear in mind that the 128GB is somewhat slower at 530/390MB/s and 97/90K IOPS.

The plain 840 series on the other hand is somewhat slower on the write front and offer speeds of up to 330MB/s, mostly due to cheaper TLC NAND chips. The 840 series will be available in 120, 250 and 500GB capacities.

The Assassin's Creed III download code will be bundled with Samsung 830 Pro SSDs and it appears that we are talking about limited offer that might not be available in all regions, but you should definitely keep an eye out for it.